Container for eyebrow pencils and the like



Aug. 2, 1927.

A. H. BOSWORTH CONTAINER FOR EYEBROW PENCILS AND THE LIKE FiledlApril 21, 1925 ,liuzenizir' {1308 Worth Patented Aug- 2, 1927.

7 IVULNIMTED STATES ARTHUR H. BOSWORTH, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

CONTAINER FOB EYEBROW PENCILS AND THE LIKE.

Application med April 21,1925. Serial No. 24,799.

An object of my invention to provide for articles of this character a convenient means of slidingthe .n'laterialoutwardlyto compensate for wear in use, without leaving unprotected openings in the tube; another object is to eliminate unnecessary and expensive manufacturing and assembling op erations.

In the drawings, Fig. 1. represents a view 10 of the tube and pencil with a portion cut away to show the assembly. Fig. 2 is a side View and Figure 3 is an end view of the combined buffer and spring.

It is customary to market articles of this character in tubes'o'l? various shapes, usually rounder oval, and it is desirable to provide some means of sliding the pencil or material outwardly from the tube as it isworn away by. use; this is usually accomplished by cutting a slot in the tube, parallel with its length, inserting a metal slide within the tube as a receptacle for the pencil, and operating said slide by means of a screw projecting outside the slot, or other outside connection; this methodis open to the 'objec tion that an open slot is left through which foreign substances may enter and soilage of other articles take place through contact with the pencil. This method also requires additional parts and expensive operations,

both in manufacture and assembly. In the case of the larger tubes it is customary to provide a false bottom which may be pushed up to propel the stick, which is also a crude I I I of Without interference from I dlverging and unsanitary arrangement.

In my invention I have. made use of a seamless tube (1), closed atone end and provided with a cap for the open end, and as a means of propulsion of the pencil or stick 40 I have provided a weight (2), which may be of any suitable shape, size, or material, but is preferably a shot or ball as shown in the sketch, free to move within the tube and to act as a hammer to drive the pencil outwardly When thetube is shaken.

As the material of which these pencils is made is comparatively soft, it is essential for the successful working of this invention that a piece of harder material, which I have called a butter, (3) be interposed between the end of the pencil and the weight or hammer, so that the impact will not cause the soft material to upset inform and jam 1n the tube; for the same reason the pencil should. fit the tube rather loosely, making it necessary toprovide friction or tension to make the desired resistance; or the springs could be made separately from the buffer. The particular form which I have shown is in the shape of a U with sides slightly diverging toward the open end, the tips being bent inwardly. The amount of tension, or resistance to change when once, placed in the desired position can be easily regulated by varying the bulk, temper, and character of the material used, and. by changing the angle of divergence. This particular form, with or without the increased width in the'central'portion which forms the bottom of the U, as shown, has several advantages. It requires little material and can be madeinone operation; before placing in the tube the pencil can be shoved into the U and be seated against the bottom therepoints; when this assemblyis inserted into the tube the sides of the U are forced to converge, thus pressingthe inturned ends into the material of the pencil, making an inseparable assembly of the U and the pencil so long as they remain in the tube.

What I claim is, i a

1. A container for eye-brow pencils and the like, comprising a tube closed at one end,

a U-shaped soft pencil-engaging combined I buffer and clip in the closed portion of the tube, and a freely movable weight between the closed end of the tube and the combined buifer and clip;

2. A container for eye-brow pencils and the like, comprising a tube closed at one end, a pencil engaging member frictionally engageable with the inner Wall of the tube having a blow-receiving portion, and a freely movable Weight within the closed portion of the tube for impact with the blowreceiving portion of the pencil engaging member.

3. A container tor eye-brow pencils and ARTHUR H. BOSWORTH. 

